Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] at last " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why is Gilbert so frightened ? ’ asked Cardiff at last . |
| 2 | " I 'll bet you do n't know , Chuck , how Saigon got its name , do you ? " exclaimed Joseph at last , closing the book and jumping to his feet . |
| 3 | ‘ Look , here he comes ! ’ shouted Peter at last . |
| 4 | ‘ Why ? ’ asked Matilda at last . |
| 5 | ‘ What 's the matter ? ’ asked Penry at last , breaking a silence which threatened to last all the way to Chastlecombe . |
| 6 | " What was it you wanted to say to me ? " asked Hazel at last . |
| 7 | ‘ You 'll be lucky ! ’ commented Albert at last , putting his empty glass down . |
| 8 | " How did you find us , Father ? " sobbed Dong at last . |
| 9 | ‘ Who the hell are you ? ’ asked Sedlmayer at last . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're hurting me , ’ gasped Leonora at last . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't you like it , Dorian ? ’ asked Basil at last . |
| 12 | If he finds me again , ’ said Raffaella at last , her greenish eyes dilated in apparently genuine fear , ‘ he will try again to kill me . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , ’ said Denis at last , ‘ we 're not the children we were . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Better drop it , ’ said Cardiff at last as thunder boomed in the sky and the reception glass lit up again with the flash . |
| 15 | ‘ Fire-raiser , is he ? ’ said Bravd at last . |
| 16 | ‘ We 'd better try to find the prisoners , ’ said Fenella at last , although she did not really want to leave the comparative safety of the wood-store . |
| 17 | ‘ Come , ’ said Jake at last . |
| 18 | ‘ Christ , ’ said Riven at last . |
| 19 | ‘ Best come in , ’ said Tom at last . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't think it 's any of your business , Dr Penrose , ’ said Wilcox at last . |
| 21 | I will need to be able to go anywhere without being stopped , ’ said Huy at last . |
| 22 | ‘ I did wonder , ’ said Sophia at last in desperation , ‘ whether I had committed a grave social error in asking you to dinner alone when you may very well have a mother , wife or fiancee who should have been invited too . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ E vero , mio figlio ’ , said Allegra at last in an aching voice that seemed to express both infinite sadness and acceptance . |
| 24 | ‘ This 'll do , ’ said Kāli at last , and we stopped in a glade that was dominated by three great larches . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll do it , ’ said Calatin at last . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's Doctor Chatterjee , ’ said Emma at last . |
| 27 | ‘ Bollocks , ’ said Pearce at last . |
| 28 | ‘ I expect you 'll wish I was with you — or at least I hope you will , ’ said John at last . |
| 29 | ‘ You must feel there 's a great weight off your mind , ’ said Melissa at last . |
| 30 | ‘ So I 'm arrested , then ? ’ asked Jimmy at last , shaking his handcuffed wrist so that the policeman 's hand also jerked upwards . |